"It became like this recently. Bo Xun told me that 'man' is just a form. If you can get used to any appearance of yourself, you don't have to worry about what you become." Hua Ling tapped his chin with his index finger and thought, "In fact, being a man is quite good.
OK."
"But in this era, both men and women have long hair. It's not that easy for me to tell whether it's a boy or a girl. I'm used to seeing boys with short hair..."
"You'll get used to it. It was normal in feudal society not to cut your hair, but actually it feels like your hair is a bit shorter now that it's like this." Hua Ling pulled her single ponytail in front of her face and smoothed it with her fingers.
Huo Dou looked at the length of Hua Ling's hair and answered Hua Ling's question: "Maybe it's because he grew taller after becoming a man but his hair didn't, so it looks shorter."
Hua Ling is willing to believe this answer.
…
Huo Dou and Hua Ling chatted happily under Huo Ning's uncomprehending expression, and the two hit it off. Hua Ling noticed that Huo Dou's face was stained with plant ash after working in the kitchen, and reached out to touch Huo Dou's face.
The black ash stains were wiped off, but it seemed that wiping them once was not enough, and there were still traces of plant ash.
He wiped it over and over again, but couldn't wipe it clean. Hua Ling looked anxiously at the dust on Huo Dou's face.
Seeing that Hua Ling was getting anxious, Huo Dou quickly grabbed Hua Ling's hand and wiped his cheek with a towel: "Don't worry, I will wash it off after today's work. Dry wiping like this won't clean it."
.Brother wiped my face like this before, and it turned red afterwards."
Huo Dou explained to Hua Ling, and when Huo Ning looked over, Huo Dou mentioned the past events between Huo Ning and himself. After hearing this, Huo Ning coughed a few times in embarrassment.
"That's it... I'm sorry, I always want to clean other people's faces when they see them." Hua Ling clasped his hands together and rubbed them, then wiped the dust off Huo Dou's face from his hands and then put it on his hands again.
Pat the clothes on the crotch side.
After bidding farewell to the Huo brothers, Hua Ling walked around and observed. There was a river to the west, which was as deep as Hua Ling's waist. Hua Ling thought that she could come here to take a bath tonight, and it felt good.
Opposite is the border of Qiguo, and except for scattered trees and forests, there is barren and barren land overgrown with weeds.
It was autumn at this time, and the cool breeze blew slowly through this barren land, picking up a few withered and fallen weeds and letting them fly for a certain distance.
Hua Ling walked out of the camp and headed south, where the river flows towards here. There was a forest that could be seen. I don't know how big it was, but it should be okay for animals to rest and stay.
Before Hua Ling actually stepped into the woods, something seemed to fall from the sky, and then there was a noise in the forest, which startled the birds resting in the forest and flew away.
Hua Ling raised his head and looked in the direction the birds were leaving, but the flock was leaderless and the birds were flying in different directions.
When Hua Ling stopped to observe the birds, a black bird was also frightened and flew out. It seemed that because of seeing Hua Ling, its flight path changed from having no target to flying towards Hua Ling, stopping at
On a branch in front of Hua Ling.
When Hua Ling withdrew his gaze and planned to walk forward, he noticed the black bird that landed in front of him.
It looks like a crow, but its tail feathers are longer than those of ordinary crows, and its black feathers glow golden-red under the sunlight.
"...Hello?" Hua Ling tentatively greeted the crow in front of him and extended his arm for it to stop.
"ah!"
When Hua Ling came close to her, the crow shouted. It wasn't loud, but it was enough to scare Hua Ling. Hua Ling was so frightened that she retracted her forward body, but her outstretched arm was delayed for half a beat and did not retract.
The crow flapped its wings and landed on Hua Ling's arm. After moving a few steps, it stood on Hua Ling's shoulder, holding its head high.
Its slender black tail feathers emit golden light, which is made even more shining by Hua Ling's simple gray-white clothes.
Hua Ling didn't quite understand what the crow wanted to do, but since it was on her body, she should take it with her.
Hua Ling then entered the woods. There was a path in the woods with fewer weeds and branches than other places, as if it had been walked out by someone.
Before reaching the end, Hua Ling saw a human weapon - a sword on the haystack.
It seemed to have fallen in the woods. Hua Ling also saw the scabbard two meters away. The direction was very random. It fell on the dirt, so a depression could be seen on the ground at the head of the scabbard. It was obvious that it was from above.
It fell straight down and was smashed out.
Why did the sword and scabbard fall from above? Could it be the black shadow that fell just now? Hua Ling thought so and looked up.
An unconscious young man hung from the branches of a tall tree. The young man was hung by the vines like a hanging man, unable to escape.
Hua Ling smiled secretly in her heart, and her expression also showed a smile. Although she didn't quite understand why someone would be hung here in this posture, he should be the black shadow that he saw falling outside the woods.
Hua Ling climbed up the tree, reached the ankle of the hanging boy, and used a dagger to cut off the vines that tied the boy.
After the vine broke, the boy lost the upward pull and fell instantly. However, he was caught by the surrounding branches and did not directly land on his face.
Hua Ling tied a vine around the young man's waist, pulled the vine and jumped to the ground. After standing firm, he pulled the vine sharply, and the young man passed through the branch that was dragging him and fell into Hua Ling's arms.
"This kid looks a bit like Hua Shuo."
Hua Ling laid the young man flat on the ground, put the sword into the scabbard and placed it in front of him. At this time, Hua Ling discovered that there were bite marks from snake bites on the young man's arm.
The one with two holes must be a venomous snake.
Hua Ling was so idle that she even sucked out the poison from the young man's arm.
The crow resting on Hua Ling's shoulder couldn't stand it anymore, so it flew down next to the boy's face and pecked the boy's forehead with its beak, trying to wake him up.
After Hua Ling sucked out the toxin, the crow also pecked the front to wake him up.
After waking up, the young man took the scabbard at hand, stood up, pointed the scabbard at Hua Ling and asked her who she was.
Hua Ling spit out the last mouthful of blood, wiped the corners of her mouth, stood up and looked at the young man: "Prince of Rui Kingdom, Hua Wushuang."
The crow also flew back to Hua Ling's shoulder. The young man was not as tall as Hua Ling. At this moment, Hua Ling looked like a giant to the front.
The young man spoke tremblingly: "I am Feng Sai, the prince of Guze..." After saying this, he swallowed.
"Hmm...why are the people from Guze here? This is the border between Rui State and Qi State. It's a long way from Guze."
"I came from Qiguo..."
"I think you seem to have flown out," Hua Ling looked at the boy in front of him, "Does Qi Guo have any strange means of transportation?"